Youth Recreation Park, Recreation park in Kaliningrad, Russia
Youth Recreation Park lies at the crossing of Azovskaya and Telmana streets by the Upper Lake in Kaliningrad's Leningradsky district, at Telmana Street 3. Its grounds hold rides, a boating station area, a children's driving town and an ice rink with artificial ice. The three-storey Center for Interpersonal Communications, built in Russian classicism style, recalls a 19th-century noble estate.
The Leningrad District executive committee decided on 5 May 1961 to open a district recreation park on Telman Street. In the 1980s and 1990s it had rides and a boat station, then declined; in 2004 developers threatened the site. Residents wrote to Lyudmila Putina, who had spent her childhood nearby, and her patronage saved the park.
The park's Center for Interpersonal Communications serves as a meeting place where children participate in art workshops and developmental activities throughout the year. Families gather here to experience programs designed for different age groups.
The park lies at the crossing of Azovskaya and Telmana streets, by the Upper Lake, with its address at Telmana Street 3. The grounds are flat and suited to walking, and the ice rink with artificial ice is usable outside the warm season. The Center for Interpersonal Communications stands on the grounds as a three-storey building.
In 2004, when developers threatened to build over the park, local residents wrote to Lyudmila Putina, who had spent her childhood in the adjacent district. Her patronage saved the park and led to new rides, a children's driving school and an ice rink with artificial ice.
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